Historical Marker
Congress Heights School
Historical marker location:
3100 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast, Congress Heights, District of Columbia
( Marker is at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast and Raleigh Place Southeast, on the right when traveling north on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Southeast.)
African American Heritage Trail, Washington, DC. 3100 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue, SE.
The White House was burned down during the War of 1812: In August 1814, British troops invaded Washington, D.C. and set fire to many of the city's buildings, including the White House, which was still under construction at the time.